so does the one on my block in arlington, about 20 feet away.


but yeah anytime....sometime this week sounds good I need to travel up that way and get my cmaera mount back from Dan (works at Carmax in Sterling), maybe we can all meetup and look cool in our little roadsters.

 

this week bad. will be at the gym both tomorrow and weds and thurs I fly to LA.

next tues?

 

works for me. we can do famous daves!

 

what who?

 

so what'd you do just beat them in? they didnt want to go in for me...i'm reording a set of clips, both rx7 and miata to see what i can do...but both stubs are leaking at the seals right now....they just have too much wiggle too them

 

are the seats of the axles tapered at all?

I bet the miata clips will go in just fine. just force it.

 

WTF realy did u use a BFH to put in miata clips mine would not fit either.

 

so did you steal it from some guys car?

 

no, ill take a pic once i pull them out again tomorrow....yeah im thinking that....


i still had to use the sledgy when putting them back in with the rx7 clips...might as well try it with the miata clips, they were signifigantly thicker, might help me out....

 

Man, I had to use a sledge to get my axles in with the RX-7 clips; I can't imagine getting them in with the larger Miata clips!

'Course my one-piece axles were a little bit more cumbersome to install than the stubs, but still.

 

Alot of Mazda axle clips seem to be a major Pita, it's even worse when they don't come out and you have to disassemble the axle, weld a Bolt on the end use a slide hammer to remove...

 

yeah i used the BFH too:



well it looks like im going to have to delay the video for a while....im putting it on all 4 jacks, doing my clutch/flywheel swap, and pulling the pierburg, FMU, AFM and doing a MS install...

 

It looks like you've taken two diffs hostage with the newspaper to show the pic is current and the hammers to show you mean business. :gay:

 

axle clips? Whoops

 

Right tool for the right job gotta love it

P.S. Those Illuminas worked out great, thanks!

 

I got the axle (1 piece btw) lined up in the hub and hammered the axle in place with a sledge, using a piece of 2x4 to soften the blow. it wasnt that difficult to pop em in, and no leaks for me. Of course i bought a set of seals at the same time as the swap, so im sure that helped some.

 

it's got new seals and clips...i dunno, it's ghey, ill see...ill just use the miata clips.

 

got the clips from Rosenthal tonight..

they are the same size, but the miata clips are majorly thicker and have little to no flex in them....

I wish I could see the rx7 stubshafts...i have a feeling the ridge in the Rx7 stubs is much thinner....

I think with enough force the miata clips will work and will fix my problem.


now to remove my:

fmu
bipes
o2 clamp
afm
exhaust
tranny
driveshaft
and pierburg.....

 

miata's are in green:

 

uh... yeah. now can you write up the whole procedure with part numbers and links for everyone else? randy's site has more information than instruction.